Carton with inner compartment for use in feeding small-sized paper

Claim 1

A carton, adapted to be inserted into the paper receptacle of a copying machine between inwardly movable paper retaining means at opposite sides of the receptacle, comprising: a front, back and inner panel; sidewalls respectively interconnecting said front and back panel and said back and inner panel; said inner panel being secured to the inner surface of said front panel; end flaps on said front and back panel for closing the carton at each end; flap means on said inner panel defining abutment shoulders lying in a plane spaced from one end of the carton, said flap means also defining an inner wall disposed between and parallel to said sidewalls, said shoulders together with said inner wall and one of said sidewalls defining an inner compartment having a dimension in one direction less than the distance between the carton ends and having a dimension in another direction less than the distance between said sidewalls for containing individual sheets of paper smaller in size in both directions as compared to the size of the carton; a tear strip provided around the circumference of the carton parallel to and spaced from the other end of the carton; said tear strip lying in each of said front, back and inner panels whereby the carton may be completely separated therealong.